The second meeting for organicbeekeepers list is about to take place in LIncoln, NE and figured time to send emails out to spread word. Michael Bush in Nebr is...
Its Funny Feral bees are real Survivors.Yet so many agencies, goverments,and people want to destroy the feral bee population but treat and medicate the dieing...
Eric, there is no grant money available to study feral bees. I agree with you they are real survivors. I have caught several and would rather have them then...
Most of the feral bees that i have taken are infested with hive beetles. But the interesting thing is that these bees seem to have a coping mechanism that...
Yes. Thanks for the reminder. It's actually being put on by the Nebraska Beekeepers Association and hosted by Southeast Community College. Keep the deadline...
While I can understand the desire to leave a feral hive alone, there are other factors at work that can defeat your efforts. Often the land owner has concerns...
hello i'm kimberly last year was my first in gardening and i went organic. i did research on bee friendly and companion plants and had tremendous success....
Welcome, Kimberly! What area do you live in? Why do you think that your visiting bees are feral? You might be interested in making a top bar hive. They are...
thanks. i guess i don't know if they're in fact feral as i have much more research to do and barely understand the question. i live in central new york and my...
Since 1920 or so beekeepers in the United States have been required to keep bees in structures that allow individual combs to be removed for inspection. This...
... research to do and barely understand the question. I suppose if they are not in a hive they are feral. If they've been surviving without the help of humans...
thank you all so much. thats why i'm here. illegal and unhealthy. i will explore the suggested top bar hive and other basics to the art thanks kimberly- cny...
one last question before i sit back and learn is that if i were lucky enough to find a swarm in my elements this spring, would i then have to worry about them...
It's not unhealthy from the bee's perspective. But you can't do anything to harvest or manage the hive without doing the colony a lot of harm. It's illegal...
There are never any guarantees, but usually a hive swarms because it's doing well and prospering. Michael ... lucky enough to find a swarm in my elements this...
that's kind of what i was thinking. my garden ecology was so heathy before the storms last year and there was a fall return so i am convinced they're out there...
Hello Marc, I built a top bar using traditional deep frames w/starter strips. The starters strips were 1/8"thick by 3/4"wide by 16 7/8" . The stripes that...
Hi Kimberly, There are several sites that have plans you can download for the top bar hives and offer information. here are a few: http://www.backyardhive.com ...
Kimberly, Michael is being modest. His site has a motherlode of good info, including instructions on building a top-bar hive, and he's the main reason I used...
Any swarm would be desirable for production. The bees might be smaller in which case that is where the organic beekeepers have been heading. Jim P ... From:...
Try for ABC XYZ of Beekeeping Jim P ... From: "kimberly" <omelettus@...> To: <FeralBeeProject@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 5:56 PM ...
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